Continued surprises in the cytochrome c biogenesis story

Protein and Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 405-409

  Sawyer, Elizabeth B ^a   Barker, Paul D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ccm; cytochrome c; heme; heme binding; post translational modification

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C MATURATION PROTEIN; HEME; PROTEIN; SULFIDE; THIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; COVALENT BOND; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84863441830     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-012-2912-x     Document Type: Review

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